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PENCIL OASE.

Y No. 279,888. Patented June12,`1888.

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UNITED STATES- '-'IPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOLLAND, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PENCIL-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 279,388, dated June l2, 1883.

' Application filed october 3,1882. (No mode-1.)

l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen, Pencil, and Similar Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of cases in which the writing-point, tooth-pick, or glovebuttoner is hsecured to an inner sliding member, which is'actuated to protrude or retract the point by an outer tube or ring which is coupled to the inner sliding tube-such, for instance, as is illustrated in my United States Letters Patent No. 258,298. Its object is to cheapen the Construction of the case, so that it may be made by unskilled labor. These objects are accomplished by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a longitudinal central section of the case, showing the slidin g tube or member in elevation. InV this view the slide is fitted with the ordinary lead-holder, which is shown retracted within the case. Fig. II is a similar view with the sliding tube extended. In this view the end of the tube is fitted with a glovebuttoner. Fig. III is a transverse section through line x x, Figs. I and II. Fig. IV is a perspective view of the split ring which I use to couple the Outer and inner tubes. Fig. V is an. elevation of a sheet-metal burr which is secured upon the inner tube, and has a spur which enters a perforation through the split ring, Fig. IV.

Similar reference-letters indicate like parts wherever they occur in the various views.

A represents a plain tube, split from end to end, over each end of which are secured short tubes B B, leaving the ends of the tubeA eX- tending out beyond them to receive the finishing-caps GD, the latter of which is open at the end for the passage ofthe inner sliding tube, E, and its attachments, whether pen, pencil, or otherpoint. This tube Eis provided with collars F F F2, which snugly fit within the tube A and guide and steady the ytube E in its backward and forwardmovements. G is a burr or ring stamped out of thin sheet Inetal. It is slipped over the tube and soldered or otherwise suitably secured against the upper collar, F. The ring has a spur, g, projecting from so that when the outer finishing-tube, J, (which. y

slips freely over the tubes B B,) is forced to its place it will .be united by frictional Contact with the ring H. The tube is thus extended beyond the case or withdrawn entirely within it by sliding the tubeJ back or forth between the caps C D.

The case is quickly put together, as follows: The tube, with its attachments complete, is slipped within the split tube, the split ring H slipped to place by springing the ends apart to pass the spur g into perforation 71, the tubes B B are then secured in position, and the finishing-tube .I forced tightly over the ring H. The caps C D are now secured upon the ends ,of the tube A, and the pencil is complete.

It is evident that a vspur projecting from collar F would answer the same purpose as the spurred burr G, but would neither be so strong nor cheap, as a great number of these burrs are punched out at one operation of the punching-machine, and it is also evident that the ring H need not be split; but ifa solidring, with perforation l1', were used it would be necessary to slip the ring`over the tube E and its collar F rst, amd insert the spur in the perforation, then slip the split tube A between the collar F and the ring, the spur of course passing through the split in tube A but this Inode would not be so handy. It is also evident that the spurred burr may be secured to the tube E instead of to the collar F.

It will be seen that the sliding tube and ring are more securely united in my case than in those in which the tube or collar and ring are tappedand united by a screw-threaded pin, and the case can be made Inuch cheaper, as skilled labor is entirely dispensed with.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the tube E, provided with a spur, g, the ring H, provided with a perforation to receive said spur, and the split tube A, interposed between the tube E and ring H.

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2. The combination, substantially as specitube A, and the tube J, adapted to slide upon fied, of sliding` member E and spurred burr said tubes B B, and having secured Within it G, permanently secured thereon, with split the ring H,substantia11y as deseribed. 15 tube A and slide-ring,` H, said ring adapted to 4.. A pencil-oase composed of an inner and, 5 slide over tube A and receive the spur g, Which outer sliding member and an intermediate traverses the slot in tube A. l slotted tube, in combination with the split 3. In a penoi1-ease of the character dering` H and burr G y, for coupling; together scribed, the tube E, having a spur, g, thering the said inner and outer sliding` parts.

H, provided with a perforation to receive said JOHN HOLLAND. 1o spur, and the split tube A7 interposed between vWitnesses:

the tube rcmd ring, in combination with the ALFRED B. BENEDICT,

short tubes B B', secured upon the ends ofthe GEO. J. MURRAY. 

